TODO: Name the project/game/world and fix that ugly heading and the repo name.
Think of this as an Open Source, system-agnostic setting for collaborative storytelling and world-building. Contributors are free to add and explore any aspect of the world they feel like and, in doing so, help to flesh out more of the world and open up new and (hopefully) exciting storylines, characters, and places that no one of us would have thought up on our own.
Short version: Read what exists in this world, get a feel for the people and places and cultures, and - when you have an idea of something you'd like to contribute - create or edit a page to add your contributions. The idea is very similar to a wiki, but we're here to invent the world and its history.
Long version: Check out the Contributing Guide!
Which we haven't agreed on yet! So that's the first order of business.
There will be zero tolerance for hatred, bigotry, or -phobias of any kind. "Spite Contributions" are also not welcome. Keeping in mind that there is no story without conflict, this rule means that removing someone's contributions or "writing them out of the story" for any kind of personal reasons is out of the question. If someone takes the time to invent a Faction or a Person, and you wish to create a rival faction or person, that is obviously fair game. Friendly rivalries and friendly antagonism is fair game, so long as all involved are having fun. Keep it in good spirit.
Some pages will say LOCKED in the top title of the page. If a page is flagged as Locked,
please respect that and do not edit it or involve it in an event, location, etc. without first
discussing it with the contributor who added it. The flip side of that, when contributing a
new page, please only Lock it if you really don't want anyone playing with it. The point
of this is collaboration and Locking a page really goes against that ideal, however this is
an attempt at allowing contributors to have a "PC" as well so that they can tell their own
story in the world we are creating together.
If you have a friend, acquaintance, partner, enemy, or frenemy who you think would enjoy participating or even just exploring the world we are creating, please let them know!
Yeah, maybe. But for those who are used to it, GitHub is super powerful and free. It also tracks who made changes, and allows for easy reversion if we ever need to roll back a change. Did I mention it was free?
md file? How do I get that fun formatting like bold and underscore and stuff?An md file is a pretty common format called markdown and you can find the full cheat sheet
here
Please do! Please also realize that others may run away with your character or place and work it into their stories. Anything within this project is fair game. If you create a character and introduce them to the world, anyone else who participates is free to involve them in events or stories as long as the known information about them makes it reasonable. For example, a contributor who is fleshing out the local brothel should most likely stay away from incorporating someone else's local clergy without permission and/or an exceptional reason.
Please do! For the time being, let's use the names Person-1, Person-2, Place-1, etc as "I can't
think of a name" placeholders until someone comes up with a better Generic Naming Convention. Any
pages named in this way are open to naming suggestions. Please do not change the names directly,
message the person who created them with your ideas and let them pick. Github has a Discussions
tab which we can use for such things.
None. All. The intent here is to collaboratively invent a setting which is rules-agnostic. To that end, when creating characters please describe the character and keep it more like a novel description rather than defining stat blocks. You may add comments to the effect of "above-average charisma" or "more agile than their rival Snuffaluffagus" and the like, but try not to get too meta-gamey with it when possible.
Sure! Consider this an Open Source world setting. You may not publish anything from this project and if you are using it for your game, we'd love for you to contribute back some of what your gaming group "discovers" about the world.
Right now. This is not a turn-based game. If you and another contributor decide to take turns, for example if you and another person are collaborating on an event and each writing one side's part of the story, like a traditional RPG, then of course that is between you to sort out.
Sure! In the top bar, GitHub has an Issues tab. We're going to use that as a Suggestions list.
Feel free to submit an Issue with your fun idea. Keep in mind that submitting the idea does not
necessarily commit anyone to writing it out, so try to make it something that other people can get
excited about and want to explore with you.
Sure can! But it MUST be your original art. Do not go scrounging DeviantArt or Google Image Search for pictures you think fit the concepts and upload those. If you did not make the art, you do not own it, and we don't want it.